1-Farewell
to Dr. Ibrahim Hamdan.
Dr. Ibrahim Hamdan merits deepest gratitude to his fruitful achievement and contribution to AARINENA. In spite of his retirement Dr. Hamdan hasn’t been niggard with his valuable help and advices upon request. He is still in contact with the Executive Secretary and well acquainted with all AARINENA’s activities and issues.
2-Dr.
Mohammad El Tamzini the new Trust Fund Operating Officer of AARINENA.
On the other hand we would like to welcome and congratulate Dr. Tamzini
with his new position as AARINENA‘s Trust Fund Operating Officer and we hope
that a new period of cooperation will last, full of success, for the prosperity
of AARINENA and its country members.
3-The
establishment of Web site for AARINENA by RAIS project.
The
establishment of AARINENA web site is a part of the Regional Agricultural
Information System (RAIS). Implementing
this system properly needs first to engage the International Organizations in
the region to be part of the development of the AARINENA web site and to prepare
for a project for the RAIS.
It was
agreed that the renewal of the AARINENA website will be based primarily on
resources from international/regional organizations, based on the generous
offers of resources by those present (AARINENA, GFAR, ICARDA, UAE, FAO, CIHEAM,
CGIAR, IFAD, CLAES, CIRAD, CABI, AOAD). The
task will be undertaken by a Webmaster to be appointed by ICARDA in close
consultation with IPGRI, and that this person will co-ordinate inputs from the
various parties where FAO will take responsibility for registration of the
domain:
HYPERLINK
http://www.arrinena.org
The main
elements to be developed in this first phase will be the Management Information
System and the Regional Reference Center. Metadata
will be developed for as many items/objects as possible. According to the RAIS
workshop recommendations, AARINENA Web site is going to be established through
the support of FAO, ICARDA and CIHEAM. The President of AARINENA, Dr. Mustafa
Yaghi has agreed gratefully on these recommendations.